Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-11
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IT 9tsok's, committed suicide b? shoot
Ing himself With agun.
Ncd Erwin, an old colored servant on
TIE plantation of Col. Erasmus Erwin,
Of Marlboro, Was recently burned 10
death.
While playing in the hre with broom
small colored child was burned TO death
Il few days ago on the plantation OF X. Z.
Easterlin&, OF Marlboro county.
John Bass. Of Aobeville county, re.
comfy fell between the wheels of his
wagon and was severely bruised by tn 9
wheels passing over his body. Several
ribs wore broken.
While II. B. TindaI, OF Clarendon
county, was recently visiting friend,
bold Inlet jumped into his buggy, which
WAS hitched at the gate, and drove of.
No,hiuR has since been seen or the horse,
buggy OF thief.
The Columbia oil mill. controlled by
the Oil Trust monopoly, has closed its
works for the season after making
plenty OF money. Henry Oliver, OF Oliver
Bros, who has been managing the mill,
Will Leave IA few days, having COM
pieted the season, giving place to Mr..
Baker, OF montgomery, Ala, who Is TO
be encctorth superintendent for the Oil
must.
The COlum Dia street railway has proved
he ability TO succeed. Few of the clti.
leLs OF Columbia Will have realized that
In The Ave months the cars have been
running they have hauled TO 600 passcn-
Grf5. Tie earnings from Nov. ! 10 April
l have been $1,000. The average receipts
have hseu $40 day The expenses last
fall rsre estimated at $25 day, 80 that a
good margin OF profit has been obtained.
}. c. Turner. of Columbia, has bought
complete canning outfit capable OF turn-
Ing out a. present from 5000 to 5000 TWO
and three-pound fruit and vegetable cans
day. The capacity may be readily In
creased to 10000 day. The works will
soon be put into operation. Mr.. Turner
has rented lands near that city from Col.
Thomas Taylor, and will raise vegetables
for canning purposes. Others VIII follow
his example, and the truck raising in
dustry in that section will receive a great
impetus.
The annual session OF the Grand
Chapter Of the knights of the Golden
Rule Of the State convened in Spartan
burg Tuesday and continued In session
two days. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: r. :. Morgan,
Geenville, GrandCOmmander;C .C.CBase,
Spartsnburg, Vice Grand Commander !;
A. b. Wright, Greenvllle, Grand Treas
urer; G. N. Girardeau, Newberry. Grand
secretary; w. A. Carr, Columbia, Grand
Prelate; j. X. Glass, Spartanburg, Grand
Herald; D. Nj. Ward, Newberry, Grand
Warden; Henry Kneble. Greenville,
Grand Sentinel; J. 4. Hay, Camden,
Grand trustee.
At Greenville Friday the Court of Com
mon Pleas resumed the case OF Marion
n. Fielder against the Richmond and DAN
willie Railroad Company, the hearing or
which was begun Thursday. The plain
til, Mrs. Fielder, claimed $500 damages
for trunk lost between Atlanta, Ca,
and Seneca City, while she was on hsr
way from her home in Alabama to a
point in South Carolina. An itenized
bill OF the contents OF the lost trunk was
presented in evidence, containing, among
other entries, two small daguerreOtyp ,
valued al $500, and two silk dresses,
valued ASSOC, The jury returned a YER
dict awarding the plaintiff $500 damages.
A paragraph has been going the rounds
OF the press stating that the Cleveland
family OF Spartanburg was gong TO erect
monument to the memory of Col. Ben
Cleveland, of revolutionary fame, and
one of the commanders in the battle OF
Kings Mountain. John B. Cleveland
states that Ben Cleveland was buried on
the banks OF the Tugaloo river, with
nothing to mark his grave but two pine
trees. Vannory Cleveland, a brother OF
Mrs. John h. Cleveland, conceived the
idea OF erecting monument to the old
soldier, aud 1t Will no doubt be accom-
pliehed. The cost will be $500 to s, 600,
and it will be erected the present year,
perhaps, The money Will be contributed
by the Cleveland family.
The formal complaint in the cult OF
James owen O'ConnOr against 4, b.
Williams aud W. J. McKerall, proprie-
tors and editors of the Greenyille Daily
News. for 81 600 damages for libel. was
received through the mail by Clerk OF
Court Mosely Friday. The document
covers numerous pages OF legal Gap pa
per, setting forth In detail the cause Of he
complaint IN sundry criticisms publish
ed IN the News concerning the plaintiff 3
acting aud personal character. The SUIT
Is generally regarded as too good a Joke
to be serious matter, and il II should
come TO trial there are about thousand
people in Greenville who are ready to
back up Editor Williams statements re.
garding OConnor's performance OF Rich
elieu.
The Enoree Presbytery met with Naza-
reth church on Wednesday. The Rev. NJ.
G. B-ltt was elected moderator, and Rev,
ness came up IN order, and everything
proceeded quietly until Thursday, when
A. A. Foster, OF SpaTtanburg, Treasurer
OF too Presbytery, offered a resolution
that commission be appointed by III ,
Presoytery TO take into consideration
the pro2riety OF dividing the
church at Spartanburg. The church
at that place has been al logger
heads for months on the removal OF the
pastor, Rev. Dr.. Law. There was no oh.
lection to him personally. but some OF
the congregation thought the ohurch
would prosper better under a new MIME
ter. The chasm, not bloody one. but
true blue Presbyterian ohasIn. became
wider, and the two parties we're no; able
TO give each other Christian salutatlon
across II, much less 10 shake nRnds and
close II UP forever. Tnis feeling preotpi.
tated the resolution % Nj. Fostcl. aud
while Il meets with some opposition, 1t IN
generally accepted BY tue mem 0crsh!p as
the best solution or the whOl6 ARpir. On
this commission lhe following persons
were appointed ministers Messfs. R5se
and Caldwell: iaymen: Messrs. BOYD, I.
j. Moore aud W. A. Nicholson. IL l.
supposed that they Will meet At an early
day.